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Kathi Appelt

Biography

Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award–winning, and bestselling THE UNDERNEATH as well as the National Book Award finalist THE TRUE BLUE SCOUTS OF SUGAR MAN SWAMP, KEEPER, and many picture books including COUNTING CROWS. She has two grown children and lives in Texas with her husband.

Books by Kathi Appelt

An ocelot. A slave. An angel thief. Multiple perspectives spanning across time are united through themes of freedom, hope and faith in a most unusual and epic novel from Newbery Honor–winning author and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt.

Raccoon brothers Bingo and J’miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man --- the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp --- is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts.